Q. And how important are unions for Australian working people today?
|
19 Mar 2012 |
10 Sept 12 |
Total 20 May 13 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| Total important |
56% |
52% |
56% |
80% |
38% |
70% |
54% |
57% |
| Total not Important |
35% |
38% |
36% |
12% |
59% |
23% |
39% |
36% |
| Very important |
19% |
16% |
21% |
35% |
8% |
38% |
18% |
26% |
| Quite important |
37% |
36% |
35% |
45% |
30% |
32% |
36% |
31% |
| Not very important |
27% |
28% |
24% |
11% |
36% |
18% |
25% |
27% |
| Not at all important |
8% |
10% |
12% |
1% |
23% |
5% |
14% |
9% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
10% |
8% |
7% |
3% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
The majority of respondents regarded unions to be important for Australian working people today (56%), whilst 36% believe that they were not important. Belief that they are important increased 4 points from 52% in September 2012 to 56% in this week’s results.
80% of Labor voters and 70% of Greens voters believed that unions were important for Australian working people today, while Coalition voters were the most likely to regard unions as not important (59%).
The majority of full time workers (54%) and part time workers (57%) regarded unions as important for Australian working people today.